Thorfinn the Mighty

Thorfinn the Mighty (1009-1064) was King of Sudreyjar from 1035 to 1064, succeeding Amlaib mac Sitriuc and preceding Godred Sitricson.

Biography
Thorfinn the Mighty was the youngest of five sons of Sigurd the Stout, and he became the most powerful of all of the earls of Orkney, ruling substantial territories beyond the northern islands of Scotland. He defeated his nephew and rival Rognvald Brusason in 1037, but he was not entirely secure until he made peace with the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada. In 1048, he made a pilgrimage to Rome, and he appointed the first Bishop of Orkney. He died in 1064.